biennial

The envelope rule was introduced when European players were allowed to enter the biennial contest against the US in 1979.

The level of partisan support at the New York course this weekend - and whether it will cross the line - has been a huge topic of conversation leading up to the biennial three-day event.

It is the first time in the biennial tournament's 98-year history that players have received a stipend.

This is the 45th edition of the biennial contest and the visitors have made fewer alterations to their team than in any previous contest in the 98-year history of the event.

Decades of American dominance had sucked the jeopardy and therefore the interest out of the biennial contest between the United States and Great Britain.